Comments on: Old Swan Centre, Yardley: Knight Adams Website http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/2010/02/07/old-swan-centre-yardley-knight-adams-website/ Working for Acocks Green: A Conservation and Re-Design Group Thu, 17 May 2012 09:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mrs McEvoy http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/2010/02/07/old-swan-centre-yardley-knight-adams-website/comment-page-1/#comment-26278 Mrs McEvoy Thu, 17 May 2012 09:14:51 +0000 http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/?p=750#comment-26278 Tesco have done it again upsetting the neighbourhood as they did not get planning permission for their offices corner of Lily Rd and Cov rd ,to be used for internet shopping ... They are in negotiation with EBN Behaviour Education for a unit for Children aged 11 to 18 who have been suspended from schools etc. Planning application 2012/02873/PA Tesco have done it again upsetting the neighbourhood as they did not get planning permission for their offices corner of Lily Rd and Cov rd ,to be used for internet shopping … They are in negotiation with EBN Behaviour Education for a unit for Children aged 11 to 18 who have been suspended from schools etc. Planning application 2012/02873/PA

]]> By: DocDelete http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/2010/02/07/old-swan-centre-yardley-knight-adams-website/comment-page-1/#comment-769 DocDelete Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:01 +0000 http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/?p=750#comment-769 I can see one major problem with the proposal - the traffic / pedestrian clash caused by creating a crossroads into the shrivelled park area. A dual carriageway that will carry heavy peak loads, mixing it up with a so-called pedestrian linkage? A crossing doesn't appear to be in the 3d rendering. Sink the road under at this point! I'm not sure that having the car parking at a remove from the foodstore threshold is sensible either. In an ideal world people shouldn't complain about trundling shopping trolleys a few extra meters, but they will - and across a so-called public square? It all looks nice, but I am surprised at how simple logistical issues like these can be overlooked. Or am *I* overlooking something? I can see one major problem with the proposal – the traffic / pedestrian clash caused by creating a crossroads into the shrivelled park area. A dual carriageway that will carry heavy peak loads, mixing it up with a so-called pedestrian linkage? A crossing doesn’t appear to be in the 3d rendering. Sink the road under at this point!

I’m not sure that having the car parking at a remove from the foodstore threshold is sensible either. In an ideal world people shouldn’t complain about trundling shopping trolleys a few extra meters, but they will – and across a so-called public square?

It all looks nice, but I am surprised at how simple logistical issues like these can be overlooked. Or am *I* overlooking something?

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